Solid Secrets

Loneliness is Contagious

With all the bad news out there these days, this article was one of the most depressing thangs I’ve read in a long time. Here’s my interpretation:

If you are single(which I assume is one aspect lonely) and you hang around other single people… you are 50% more likely to remain without partner. What in the hell are we singles supposed to do then? Go hang around our friends who are in relationships?? Yeah, that sounds like a great way to spend my lonely ole’ time. Hanging around the a bunch of couples that will constantly remind me of how single I really am.

I prefer to stay in my “dark, lonely” circle of singles, who are amazingly fun and available to hang out with! However, if ever wondering why I’m still single, I can be sure that it is the company I keep….

OBL. and my single ladies in korea. Nat, Brit, and Sarita.

6am

Books

Last night I was reading the local newspaper from my hometown in Va. I was attemping to begin to acclimate myself to life there. Then , out of nowhere, I had this need to write.

  I started typing furiously, as if there were so much to say and no possible way to get it all down in time. I think that has always been my problem when it comes to writing. I have so many ideas, so much that I never know where to start and if I do, can hardly have the diciplin to finish.  I don’t know why I’m doing this and I certainly have no intentions of trying to get published. But, everyone always tells me that I am a good story teller, so I’m gonna try writing a real story. My ultimate story, a composition of my complex existence, where the lines between reality and imagination are blurred and perhaps always have been.

We’ll see how this one goes…hopefully there won’t be a blog in a week or so mentioning that I have stopped writing. That would be so typical!

10pm

The lowly migrant worker

I want to quit the extra job I had taken on to ”train” myself for grad school. I want to just send him(my boss) a text telling him that I will never be coming back to his school. But, when it comes down to it…I could never do that to him(even though he doesnt deserve that much) and the little suga babies. GOD….I want to though.

 I like him(my boss), but I feel like he totally takes advantage of my attachment to the students. He is a new business owner and has A LOT to learn. Which, should be evident to him, considering his turnover rate. I find myself borrowing his damn troubles and stressing out over them. And Trust this…that is the last thang I should be doing.

I dont ever really think of me as the type of person who doesn’t put herself first. My moto(or really justification for everything) is that “I owe it to myself”. I use this all the time. when i see a pair of glasses i want. when i see a fabulous scarf. when i see a mouth watering bag. when i upgrade my plane tkts to first class. or just when any other little pleasure crosses my way that i want to exploit. however, when it come to serious decisions, like my sanity and being overworked, i cannot seem to muster the balls to just say ‘no’.

even now as i write i’m getting livid. I should just tell him, I’m sorry that you can’t keep teachers and want to  stress  me out  picking up the slack,  but it’s not my problem. If your going to use me like I’m some lowly migrant worker, you need to understand this. I do not need the money! I am a DIVA by D, and I will never put your selfish interests before my selfish interests.

 I’m all about the hard work yall! I love it. there’s nothing more satisfying to be than throwing your all into something worth while. but uh uh. this feeling, no, i can do without. and the only reason i’m torturing myself day in and day out is because i love my little suga babies there!! 

i have now said all I need to say about that.

Have a good day yall!

9pm

I don’t like old men because old men just want to pull pants down

3am

the strange never stop

so i went friday night for a drink or two with sarita and carrie. i ended up running into this guy I met a while ago.  This dude is a real nut job and he wears the most heinous black rubber sandals(the kind they wear in india), in the winter, with brown socks! That should be the number one red flag!!! DO NOT TALK TO THIS FREAKSHOW! However, he said one thing that kept me in the conversation a little longer than the polite “hello how are you…..and get the #$&$ out of my face”

 he kept telling me that I shout live in the future, I decided to ask his highness what his future is…since he is constantly there. His response was perhaps one of the most bizarre things i have heard in my life and definitely ranks him among the weirdest of the already weird in korea.

“i want to start a cult”

Who the hell, sets out in their life to start a cult????? He waited for a rouse in me, asking me how I felt about cult’s and explaining to me that they’re not bad they’ve just been given negative connotations. All I could think about was this psychotic documentary Julie made me watch about the Mansion Crew.I tried to think about any cult I have heard of that would be acceptable in my opinion. Nope Sorry…There’s None.

He went on to ask me if i would like to be the spokeswomen for this cult because he wasn’t ‘dumb enough’ to think that he could effectively do the job.I laughed explained to him that he obsivouly didnt know me very well because i am just about the last person who would become involved in a cult, much less become the ‘leader’ of one. i believe in helping people, not brainwashing them.

the basis for his cult…..”people don’t find mates for life anymore”. He wants to get people involved in this “organization” and then guarantee that they will find a mate within a year and that they will stay together their whole life. Why will they stay together????? because they will be so brainwashed that they will brainwash each other for the rest of their lives..thus effectively continuing the cycle.

Really?!? No Thanks. What a wac!

 But hey, atleast I got a blog out of it! 

7pm

a touching report from cnn

heroes still exist.

6pm

Today is Pepero Day…. What do you do? give these random chocolate sticks to your friends and say oooooooooh pepero(in a spanish sounding accent)….niceeee.

 Happy Pepero Day!!

6am

Before 30 goals.

1. complete a masters in diplomacy/ dispute resolution. just got in…so get ready yall!! diva by d is backkkkk!!

2. learn arabic or french. hummm…

3. travel to every continent. almost there!!

4. get a job in arbitration handing international corporate mergers and or disputes.  this is interchangeable with 5. which ever needs to come first.

5. be working on a phd in international law. i never really thought of myself as phd material, however i’m tired of believing that crap. i know plenty of idiots who have one, and in all honesty i think you just have to have dedication to get one.

6. have and keep a boyfriend.  yea.

6pm

special people. special places.

there is the most fabulous woman who works at the mini stop in my building. every time you see her she has a smile splashed across her face, as if were the first time she was meeting some spectacular person. i have to admit this is probably not helpful for a person like me, with self confessed delusions of grandeur. but on the other hand its refreshing to know a person who transcends cultures and puts a smile on everyone’s face.

  the best part about her…..she is a korean woman who speaks to me in Portuguese. this works out just fine as i have a very small “working” knowledge of Spanish( which is close enough to Portuguese) and took latin in university, which helps to deciphersome words like ‘thank you’ and ‘hello’(both of which we both know in korean). needless to say we kick it just fine.

even now at 7:30 am she was just delighted to see me. her energy added to the small boost of confidence i got this morning when i was accepted into the graduate school of my choice. she was the first person i told(i couldn’t get my rents on the phone) and perhaps the best to tell. she couldn’t understand exactly what i was saying, but she did understand excited and because of that, she too was very excited.

next mission….find out her name!

7pm

Perez says some should not get a license. i say majority.

perez, you obviously have not been to this country. no one can drive anyway! one more nut in the mix isn’t going to change much. (this is not a racist comment. my korean friend and i joke about this all the time)

stop lights. more like…stop if you want, and go if you really need to.

going the wrong way on a five lane hwy. no biggy, just pull a u turn….anywhere.

speed limit. naw

check your blind spots when changing lanes. nonexistent.

cut people off. daily.

not give a rats  bum about who’s around you. unavoidable.

disclaimer: this is not intended to be racist, as my korean friend and i joke about it all the time.

10pm

English at it’s finest: Cute quotes from students term tests.

 Here are some funny/cute quotes from the students essays. Enjoy!

“i hear a lie noise” this student was supposed to write about hearing a loud noise, instead they came up with one of my new favorite things to say!!
 
“when i was 5 years old my dream job was super market master”
 
“suddenly i hit the idea”
 
Q:What is your dream job?
 
A: “I wanted to badminton athlete. I do some hard effort everyday”  yes hitting a shuttle cock can be very intense. I suspect that grueling 7 am workouts will definitely improve one’s badminton game.
 
Q:You are stranded on a deserted island. Write about the island and how someone would identify it so they can come to rescue you. Be as detailed as Possible.
 
A:”…there is oasis next to me! there is plant, its not food. There is some cock and water in my bag……The oasis start to dry. but I can eat coconut. It is liquid. And I can eat cock. Life at the desert is very hard.” when koreans say coke, they usually pronounce it as ‘cock’. this makes for an interesting encounter if you are ordering a burger and they ask you if you want a ’cock’ with it. apperantly ’cock’ will also save your life in the desert.
 
 
“i’m so happy because I went to Thailand. but, it’s scary just little because it’s strange. the people speak monster language.” 
 
 
“the fighter is assume die motion but die motion is trick! so the fighter is stand up! the wizard is amazing. the fighter is uppercut to wizard chin. wizard is die. wizard chin is trickle the blood. the fighter is win”  this boy is describing his happiest day and the movie he watched with his friend. i believe the last sentence had a bunch of ‘wows’, ‘amazings’, and ‘yay’s”.

“my brother dream is astronaut. He say ‘go the space, together’ when I says ‘no’ he is bite me. i says ‘yes’ he doesnt bite. His teeth is very pointed. he bite, blood is come out. Oh it is my fault!”
 
“if i’m stranded on a deserted island i will so be in confusion!”

“my friends is went to my house and fall into disorder. i dont like disorder. i like my birthday”

“i want to be a taxi driver because i like a taxi. taxi is very fast and very expensive..haha” this line was followed with a chopy explaination of how he hides this fact from his parents who say he must be a doctor.

9am

Passed out drunk on the street......no problem! This is Korea!!

Korea….land of the morning calm.

morning calm because errrbody done worked they behinds off. drank too much soju and gon passed out somewhere.

them asians is Krazy with a capital K. I loves you my chingu’s.

3am